Thanks to Best Foot Forward and MOKB for the additional Gnarls Barkley demos. This is untitled track 3, which is actually a Violent Femmes cover. Not as snarly or grating as Gano's vocals, but just as dirty.

Sufjan Stevens covers the Tim Buckley classic, "She Is", which is off 'Dream Brother: The Songs of Jeff & Tim Buckley', a tribute to the legendary father and son singers. I would love to hear Sufjan cover Tim Buckley's "Song to the Siren" or Jeff Buckley's "Grace" or "Last Goodbye".

Ordinarily, I would rant on such a pathetic list. However, I think this atrocity of a list speaks for itself. Possible explanations:1) This is actually an early April Fools Day issue.2) Stonehenge. Aliens.3) Written by Kate Moss after NME writer passed out at a coke party.4) Written by Pete Doherty after NME writer passed out at a coke party.

Lou Reed blasts Edie Sedgwick filmLou Reed on the Factory Girl screenplay: "It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen - by any illiterate retard - in a long time." Apparently, Sienna Miller is no Edie Sedgwick. Oh, did you know that her co-star is Hayden Christensen? Movie execs, chalk this up as a flop.

Rhino Entertainment will release "Velvet Redux: Live MCMXCIII", a live DVD from the Velvet Underground's 1993 European reunion tour, filmed live at the Paris Olympia on June 15, 16, and 17. The reunion tour featured original members Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Moe Tucker, and would be their final tour as Morrison died of lymphoma in 1995.

It has recently come to our attention that Apple Computers' new television commercial for the Intel chip features a shot-for-shot recreation of our video for 'Such Great Heights' made by the same filmmakers responsible for the original. We did not approve this commercialization and are extremely disappointed with both parties that this was executed without our consultation or consent.

Cam'Ron - You Got ItCam'Ron dissing Jay-Z? Ouch. Apparently, he has flow problems and math problems. Hov is 37, not 42. Hov won this battle without responding. Tracks like "Heart of the City" address this kind of garbage already. If Hov's "Takeover" is TNT and Nas' "Ether" is an A-bomb, this is a dud firecracker.

A couple of tracks from The Exit:The Exit - SoldierThe Exit - Don't PushThe Exit, who are from New York, caught a lot of buzz with the release oftheir album “Home For An Island” and their first single entitled “Don’tPush”. The Exit is now putting forth a 2nd single (and video for)“Soldier”.

The Cool Cuts is the UK’s leading tastemaker dance chart compiled from reactions from tastemaker DJs and the Cool Cuts shop panel.

The Cool Cuts is broadcast on Ministry Of Sound Digital Radio ' on Paul 'Radical' Ruiz - 'Anything Goes' show every Wednesday 2-4pm GMT on www.ministryofsound.com/radio and on Tall Paul’s Kiss 100 show. The Cool Cuts is published in the UK’s leading music industry trade publication Music Week and on www.musicweek.com

Looper is Stuart David from Belle and Sebastian. Looper's songs are like a mellow mix of synthpop, The Radio Dept., The Postal Service. I've posted a sampling of my favorites. The link above also has some additional laid back songs for your listening enjoyment.

Patti Smith wrote a book entitled 'The Coral Sea' about photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, her friend since the 1970s. Patti Smith performs a live reading (63+ minutes!) with music from Chan Marshall of Cat Power and Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine. This is a rather unique experience, although Patti Smith can be a bit difficult to hear. A definite download for completists and fans.

I'd have to say that their album is on my 'most anticipated' list for 2006. Thanks to stereogum for directing me to Best Foot Forward for 2 NEW untitled Gnarls Barkley tracks, which the magical aac-to-mp3 elves at my site have converted for your listening pleasure.

The greater the power of the executive grows, the more difficult it becomes for the other branches to perform their constitutional roles. As the executive acts outside its constitutionally prescribed role and is able to control access to information that would expose its actions, it becomes increasingly difficult for the other branches to police it. Once that ability is lost, democracy itself is threatened and we become a government of men and not laws.

The Cool Cuts is the UK’s leading tastemaker dance chart compiled from reactions from tastemaker DJs and the Cool Cuts shop panel.

The Cool Cuts is broadcast on Ministry Of Sound Digital Radio ' on Paul 'Radical' Ruiz - 'Anything Goes' show every Wednesday 2-4pm GMT on www.ministryofsound.com/radio'and on Tall Paul’s Kiss 100 show. The Cool Cuts is published in the UK’s leading music industry trade publication Music Week and on www.musicweek.com

Some interesting insight into how the album came about. However, I find it hard to believe she won't play RK songs while touring to promote Rabbit Fur Coat. Also, the swimming pool vs. lake analogy? Um, yeah.

Even More AdventurousJenny Lewis Warms up for her Solo Career in a Rabbit Fur Coat

‘“Baby, I’m bad news,” Jenny Lewis sang on “Portions for Foxes,” a track from her guitar-pop group Rilo Kiley’s 2004 album, More Adventurous. Recently, Lewis’ news has been decidedly better: Adventurous, the Los Angeles-based quartet’s third album, earned the best reviews of its eight-year career, and last fall Rilo Kiley opened a string of shows for the megapopular English band Coldplay. This month, Lewis (a former child actress who appeared alongside Shelley Long in 1989’s Troop Beverly Hills) releases her first solo album, Rabbit Fur Cat, a mellow, slightly country-fried take on Rilo’s tuneful L.A. groove. We shared lunch with her on New York’s Lower East Side and asked her where the CD came from.

So why make a solo album?I actually didn’t really plan on it. It just was suddenly upon me and seemed appropriate. I had started writing a bunch of songs as we were recording More Adventurous, and I knew that it would be a really long time before I could record them with Rilo Kiley.

Who did you ask to play on it?Jason Boesel, who also plays in Rilo Kiley, is one of my best friends and someone who I consistently play new songs for. So it was kind of a no-brainer to have him play drums, and he was really enthusiastic about it. And then Jason’s roommate and best friend Michael Runion—who’s one of my other best friends and Rilo Kiley’s guitar tech—I asked him to play bass. For most of the songs, it was just the three of us in our practice space messing around.

Was making the album a lot different than making a Rilo Kiley album, even though you were working with some of the same musicians?Yeah, very different. I mean, being in a band for eight years, it’s very loaded: [Rilo guitarist] Blake [Sennett] and I have been writing together for 10 years; we used to go out with each other. It can be very productive, and it’s a really rewarding experience to know people so well and to make music with them. But there was nothing at stake with this. I didn’t really plan on putting it out until it was finished, and if I didn’t like it, I didn’t have to. It was more just about making music with my friends.

How did your writing differ?I wanted to create something that was really stripped down, something where I played guitar and sang at the same time and did it one or two times. Certainly, I think some of the songs on Rabbit Fur Coat could’ve made their way onto the next Rilo Kiley record.

More Adventurous jumped around quite a bit between different styles, but Rabbit Fur Coat seems more of a piece.Sometimes I think about More Adventurous as like being in an airplane and looking down on California and seeing a bunch of swimming pools. As opposed to this one, which might be a lake, you know? It was more about the songs; some of the themes are similar throughout. And I wanted to make a record that you don’t know when it was made—it could be a modern record because of some of the references, but it sounds kind of timeless, too.

Are you planning to play Rilo Kiley songs on your solo tour supporting this record?I’ve thought about that a little bit. I don’t think so. I think I’ve been playing those songs on the road for a really long time, and I might want to play some new stuff in addition to the songs that are on my record. If I write something that day or week or month, I might want to try that out, rather than going back to these songs that I know I’ll play again with the band. –Mikael Wood"